FedArb Council
The Honorable William H. Webster, Chairman
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
(1970-1973)
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
(1973-1978)

The Honorable John S. Martin
U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York (1990-2003)

The Honorable George C. Pratt
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
(1976-1982)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
(1982-1995)

The Honorable Charles B. Renfrew
U. S. District Court, Northern District of California (1971-1980)

The Honorable Ralph G. Thompson
U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma
(1975-2007)

Judge Charles B. Renfrew (Fmr) - FedArb Council Member

Charles B. Renfrew was a United States District Judge, N.D. Ca., from 1972 to 1980. He then served as Deputy Attorney General of the United States from 1980 until 1981. He has many years of private sector corporate law firm experience, and has served as the top legal officer of Chevron Corporation. He has served as a director and trustee on numerous boards, including as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution. His expertise in ADR includes early neutral evaluation, conciliation, mediation, mini-trial and arbitration, and his law practice is based in San Francisco.

Mr. Renfrew has served as President of the American College of Trial Lawyers and Vice Chairman of the Antitrust Section of the ABA, and on many bar committees. He was Chairman of the Special Committee to Study the Problem of Discovery of the Federal Judicial Center, and has taught trial advocacy and other courses at Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley. He has published articles on discovery, fiduciary responsibility, and other issues.

Mr. Renfrew, a native of Detroit, Michigan, graduated from Michigan Law School (L.L.B. 1956) and Princeton University (B.A. 1952). He served in the Unites States Navy (1946-1948) and was a forward observer in Korea for the United States Army (1952-1953).

Selected opinions:

Jack Winter, Inc. v. Koratron, 375 F. Supp 1 (N.D. Cal. 1971) patent antitrust

Matter of Naturalization of 68 Filipino War Veterans, 406 F. Supp 931 (N.D. Cal. 1975) immigration

Manchester Band of Pomo Indians v. U.S., 363 F. Supp 1238 (N.D. Cal. 1973) Indian rights

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